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Taxonomy
Proetus (Gerastos) was named by Goldfuss (1843) [Sepkoski's age data: D Gedi D Give-l Sepkoski's reference number: 933,1106]. Its type is Proetus cuvieri.
It was misspelled as Gerastes by Sepkoski (2002); it was reranked as Gerastos by Jell and Adrain (2002), Magrean (2007), Van Viersen et al. (2019), Bault et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Proetus by Goldfuss (1843); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Proetinae by Magrean (2007), Van Viersen et al. (2019), Bault et al. (2021).
It was misspelled as Gerastes by Sepkoski (2002); it was reranked as Gerastos by Jell and Adrain (2002), Magrean (2007), Van Viersen et al. (2019), Bault et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Proetus by Goldfuss (1843); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Proetinae by Magrean (2007), Van Viersen et al. (2019), Bault et al. (2021).
Subtaxa
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1843 | Proetus (Gerastos) Goldfuss |
| 2002 | Gerastos Jell and Adrain p. 378 |
| 2002 | Gerastes Sepkoski |
| 2007 | Gerastos Magrean p. 33 |
| 2019 | Gerastos Van Viersen et al. p. 17 |
| 2021 | Gerastos Bault et al. pp. Appendix 7 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Subg. †Proetus (Gerastos) Goldfuss 1843
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†Proetus (Gerastos) vietnamensis Kobayashi and Hamada 1974
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009, Harrington et al. 1959, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Emsian or 399.50000 to 393.47000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Emsian | France (Alsace) | Proetus sp. 1 (40065) Proetus sp. 2 (40069) |